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Garth

//ɡɑː(ɹ)θ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A number of places in Wales:; A village in Maesteg community, Bridgend borough (OS grid ref SS8690).
  2. 2
    A number of places in Wales:; A small village in Trefeurig community, Ceredigion (OS grid ref SN6484).
  3. 3
    A number of places in Wales:; A hamlet near Ffynnongroyw, Llanasa community, Flintshire (OS grid ref SJ1381).
  4. 4
    A number of places in Wales:; A northern suburb of Bangor, Gwynedd (OS grid ref SH5873).
  5. 5
    A number of places in Wales:; A suburban area in Porthmadog community, Gwynedd (OS grid ref SH5637).
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  1. 6
    A number of places in Wales:; A hamlet near Llanhennock, Llangybi community, Monmouthshire (OS grid ref ST3492).
  2. 7
    A number of places in Wales:; A suburb in Graig community, City of Newport (OS grid ref ST2687).
  3. 8
    A number of places in Wales:; A suburb of Knighton, Powys (OS grid ref SO2872).
  4. 9
    A number of places in Wales:; A small village in Treflys community, Powys (OS grid ref SN9549).
  5. 10
    A number of places in Wales:; A small village in Llangollen Rural community, Wrexham borough (OS grid ref SJ2543).
  6. 11
    A small settlement in South Nesting, Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4754).
  7. 12
    A locality in Clearwater County, Alberta, Canada.
  8. 13
    A male given name from Welsh, shortened form of Gareth
  9. 14
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.
  2. 2
    A close; a yard; a croft; a garden.

    "a cloister garth"

  3. 3
    A clearing in the woods; as such, part of many placenames in Northern England
  4. 4
    A group or a household dedicated to the pagan faith of Heathenry. Germanic

    "The Candidate for membership of Hof, Garth or Hearth shall hold an Armill, or he may touch an unsheathed Sword throughout the ceremony."

  5. 5
    A location or sacred space, in ritual and poetry in modern Heathenry. Germanic
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  1. 6
    A dam or weir for catching fish.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English garth, from Old Norse garðr, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, thus cognate with Old English ġeard, whence the English doublet yard.

Etymology 2

Welsh garth probably has its influence on Welsh place names.

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